Oxford University has announced its first “Massive Open Online Course” in a partnership with a top US online university network with the maiden course in economics starting February next year. These free online courses have grown in popularity with hundreds of universities and millions of students. But until now Oxford has not offered such MOOC… Read More Oxford University’s First Free Massive Open Online Course Kicks Off Next Year

Google seems to be currently obsessed with neural networks, which uses human-like systems to bring contextual understanding to machine learning. On Tuesday, the company announced the implementation of the technique for its translation tool and now its latest mini-game ‘Quick Draw’ showcases how this technology can be both impressive and fun at the same time.… Read More Google Quick Draw Launched, a Web Game That Showcases the Prowess of Neural Networks

Google announced the formation of an artificial intelligence group for Google Cloud, the tech company’s latest gambit to increase its market share in the lucrative cloud computing business. Diane Greene, who leads Google’s cloud business, announced the team at an event at the company’s facilities in San Francisco. The group will be led by Fei-Fei… Read More Google Announces Artificial Intelligence Group for Google Cloud

Program will further expand Samsung’s mobile apps ecosystem and award $10,000 to each of the top 100 downloaded Tizen mobile apps for nine months. Samsung announced the launch of the Tizen Mobile App Incentive Program, Samsung’s first initiative to support Tizen’s global developer community and expand its mobile app ecosystem. Developers are invited to submit… Read More Samsung invites developers to participate in its Tizen mobile app incentive program

Razorpay, an online payments platform, launched eCOD, to help eCommerce companies accept payments at the time of delivery using payment methods other than cash. The product is aimed to replace Cash on Delivery and provide relief to online merchants impacted by the phasing out of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 currency notes. Government of India’s… Read More Razorpay launches eCOD for eCommerce companies

Intel has moved to a new architecture called Kaby Lake for its PC chips, but it isn’t done with the previous generation Skylake yet. The company will release new Xeon server chips based on Skylake in mid-2017, and they will boast big performance increases, said Barry Davis, general manager for the accelerated workload group at… Read More Intel’s latest Xeon chips based on Skylake due next year

     Microsoft and Nvidia collaborate to boost the deep-learning capabilities of CNTK, the underlying AI technology behind Cortana and Skype language translator Thanks to artificial intelligence, we have autonomous cars, chat bots, and speech recognition. Microsoft’s CNTK (Cognitive Toolkit) is one among many platforms that trains computers to learn, and it’s getting an upgrade. CNTK drives… Read More Microsoft, Nvidia work to speed up AI platform powering Cortana

Along with freedom and cost savings, cloud computing brings complexity. Dividing up data and processes between private data centers and the cloud can be complicated. It’s even more true with the internet of things, which usually includes specialized remote devices and layers of gateways. On Tuesday at its Minds + Machines conference, GE Digital introduced… Read More GE Digital is taking Predix out to the edge of IoT

  Twitter is bulking up its tools to combat online hate and harassment. In recent months, critics have called out Twitter for not doing enough to stop online abuse. Now Twitter is fighting back against the growing impression that social the network is becoming far too vitriolic. First up: An expansion of Twitter’s mute tool… Read More Twitter beefs up its mute tools and abuse policies to help you proactively silence trolls